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I have a Dimension E520 with the following
Chipset: North Bridge Intel Broadwater G965
Intel Platform Bridge Creek
Bios version: 2.4.0
Process Technology 7M, 90 nm, CMOS, Cu, Low-K Inter-Layer, High-K Gate, Strained Si
CPU: DualCore Intel Pentium D 805, 2666 MHz (20 x 133)
Can I upgrade to a Core 2 Duo and if so how? I tried once and it wouldn't even boot with the CPU I installed, I think it was probably a 45nm chip.
All the above info comes from Everest.
Thanks!!!
shesagordie
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Posted November 8th, 2013 05:00
please confirm if i can use any itel cpu and if yes please confirm the fastest one
hushus22
No, you cannot install any Intel processor, only e520 compatible processors.
I have already posted a list of e520 compatible CPU's, the fastest ones, are the Quads.
Bev.
I've installed the Core2 Duo E4300 and E4400 into Dimension E520, with the latest BIOS the PC recognises them correctly (with an earlier BIOS the PC booted but gave an 'unidentified CPU' error although it still worked) Whether these are officially supported I don't know as they don't appear on the list above but they certainly work perfectly on the 2 machines I fitted them to.
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Posted December 7th, 2011 20:00
Buster4
Yes, but only 65 nm processors with 800 or 1066fsb will work with the E-520.
The following is a list of supported processors, using BIOS version 2.4.0
Conroe, E6400, 2.13G
Conroe, E6700, 2.66G
Conroe, E6300, 1.86G
Conroe, E6600, 2.4G
Prescott P4, 541, 3.2G
Prescott P4, 524, 3.06G
Prescott Celeron, 351
Prescott Celeron, 346
Prescott Celeron, 336
Prescott P4, 531, 3.0G
Presler P4, 940, 3.2G
Presler P4, 945, 3.4G
Presler P4, 930, 3.0G
Presler P4, 925, 3.0G
Presler P4, 950, 3.4G
Cedar Mill, 661, 3.6G
Cedar Mill, 651, 3.4G
Cedar Mill, 641, 3.2G
Cedar Mill, 631, 3.0G
Plus the Q6600 and possibly the Q6700, see HERE
Bev.